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Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland - First Blood for some on Day One...
Image by Bobby Greiser.
Light winds were the order of the day down in Auckland New Zealand for the first matches of the Louis Vuitton Trophy where eight aspiring America's Cup teams are competing. You can watch video of each day's action from our friends at Sail.tv on Offshore Rules by clicking here
Matches between Francesco Bruni's Italian Azzurra crew and Ben Ainslie's British Team Origin squad generally prove interest...
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2010 Puma Moth World Championship: All about the pressure in Dubai...
Image by t.Martinez.
Despite the glitz and glamour ashore out in Dubai for the
2010 Puma Moth World Championship, the on the water conditions are proving less
than perfect for Moth sailing. Light and flukey winds have prevailed for the
first two days of racing, making it difficult at times for the sailors to get
their boats airborne.
Australian Moth technical guru Andrew McDougal appears to be
revelling in the tricky breezes however and after four races he tops th...
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Second Volvo Ocean Race on the cards for Ian Walker?
Image by Guo Chuan/Green Dragon Racing/Volvo Ocean Race.
Back at the end of 2008, I jumped at the opportunity to join
UK sailing legend and double Olympic silver medallist, Ian Walker, aboard his
Irish/Chinese sponsored Green Dragon Volvo Ocean Race entry, on a leg of the
delivery trip following a raucous launch party in Dublin, down to the race
start in Alicante. Understandably at that point, Walker was by his own
admission, feeling the enormous strain of being a...
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Melges 32 fleet at Miami Grand Prix: A bruising personal return to action...
Image by Joy Dunigan/IM32CA.
I guess I should have known that returning to competitive
sailing for the first time in eight months would be a major challenge. Spending
most of that time in press boats watching the some of the world’s best sailors
plying their trade, apparently counted for absolutely nothing and my return to
racing last week at the Miami Grand Prix left me seriously questioning if I had
ever set foot on a raceboat before. I was acting as a...
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Warsash Spring Series ready for action
10 March 2010 08:43
Bright but chilly conditions greeted the 50-strong members of the race management team for the Warsash Spring Series 2010, when a full dress rehearsal was held for the Solent’s premier early season event. All systems afloat and ashore were ...
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